How To Put Up Siding Panels

Make sure cut openings line up.

How to put up siding panels.

Guiding the saw base on the 1x4 cut the plywood to make the cutting guide. Put 1 by 4 boards quarter round or. Instead you should cut two partial panels that are each half the length of the partial panel you need and install them on each end of the wall. T 111 siding is a type of plywood siding that was once one of the most commonly used types of siding on homes sheds and garages as it is very inexpensive and fairly easy to install.

Apply adhesive with a caulk gun in a w or wave pattern. Make a cutting guide make a cutting guide for long straight cuts. First install the strip around the bottom of the entire building securely so that the sheet metal will slip under it easily. Use the wider starter strip.

As you install the sheet metal siding be sure that the panels are lined up straight. Be sure the flashing overlaps the siding course below. If hand nailing fiber cement siding use hot dipped galvanized nails and drive the nails into the wall studs. Leave a small gap at butt joints and fill with caulk.

Position and press the panel into place. Install flashing at all end joints where two pieces of siding butt together. Measure the height of the piece you need to cut by butting a scrap piece of siding beneath and above the window and marking the necessary height leaving an additional 1 4 inch 0 6 cm of clearance. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests.

Finish the siding with trim molding typically 1 by 4 inch boards around doors and windows and on corners. To keep your vertical metal siding looking polished and balanced you want to avoid installing a partial panel on only one side of the wall. Drive screws to fasten a straight 8 foot long 1x4 or 1x3 against the factory edge of an 8 foot long piece of plywood that is at least 10 inches wide. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Transfer this measurement onto the piece of siding. Before applying any adhesive arrange all the panels in the room and number them.